What should the Global Fund be doing more of?

Bharathi Ghanashyam
As a part of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund) consultation project, the Biennial Partnership Forum 2011, an inclusive online debate was initiated to find answers to some key questions. The answers are expected to contribute towards constructing a more robust roadmap for the future of the Global Fund. The responses have been wide-ranging – in both suggestions and observations. They reflect the voices, expectations and hopes of affected communities, programme administrators and other stakeholders. They also indicate that the Global Fund has become a symbol of hope – stakeholders would like to see its scope go beyond just funding country programmes. Regardless of whether or not this is feasible, or fits with the Fund’s scope, the exercise has succeeded in revealing some very real gaps that need to be addressed. Read more